Matt Williams, a spokesman for Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan’s junior senator, said she supports reforms generally that would make the filibuster process more transparent and accountable so that filibusters are used more sparingly and to and make it easier to accomplish Senate business.

Stabenow, 62 and just re-elected to a third six-year term, would perhaps like a return to the era of “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” style of filibustering, referring to the 1939 movie when the James Stewart character speaks for hours to the point of exhaustion to block action on an appropriations bill.

“If someone wants to force a filibuster, they actually have to stand up and talk like they used to, state their reasons and be held accountable,” her spokesman said.